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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He spread it out, and once it lay flat He strengthened it—perfectly even—and anchored the mountains upon it. (1)

Hisham ibn ʿUrwah narrated, as Ibn Abi al-Zinad reports from him, that word reached him that Zayd ibn ʿAmr was in Syria. When the news of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to him, he set off intending to meet him, but the people of Mayfaʿah in Syria killed him. (2)

Al-Waqidi related that Zayd died and was buried at the foot of Mount Hiraʾ, whereas Ibn Ishaq said he was killed in the lands of Lakhm.

ʿAbd al-ʿAziz (3) ibn al-Mukhtar reported: Musa ibn ʿUqbah informed us, and Salim told me that he heard Ibn ʿUmar relate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he met Zayd ibn ʿAmr in the lower part of Baldah before revelation. The Prophet offered Zayd a food tray containing meat, but Zayd refused to eat and said, “I do not eat what you slaughter on your stone altars; I eat only that over which the name of Allah has been pronounced.”

This report is recorded by al-Bukhari, who adds at its conclusion: Zayd used to censure Quraysh, saying, “The ewe is created by Allah; He sends down water for it from the sky and brings forth for it from the earth, yet you slaughter it without mentioning Allah’s name!” (4)

Abu Usamah and others said:

Muhammad ibn ʿAmr narrated to us, from Abu Salamah and Yahya ibn

(1) The verse is cited in Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah, 1/231: “He spread it out; and when He saw that it had become level upon the water, He anchored the mountains upon it.” (2) Ibn Hisham, 1/231. Mayfaʿa is a locality in the land of al-Balqaʾ. (3) In the printed edition the reading was corrupted to “al-karim.” (4) Reported by al-Bukhari, no. 3826 (Book of Virtues, chapter: The hadith of Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl) and no. 5499 (Book of Slaughtered Animals, chapter: Offerings slaughtered at the cult-stones and for the idols); also by Ibn Saʿd, 3/1/277, and by Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr in al-Istiʿab, 4/191. Balda H is a valley west of Mecca.

دَحَاهَا فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَتْ شَدَّهَا ... سَوَاءً وَأَرْسَى عَلَيْهَا الجِبَالاَ (١) وَرَوَى: هِشَامُ بنُ عُرْوَةَ، فِيْمَا نَقَلَهُ عَنْهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ: أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ زَيْدَ بنَ عَمْرٍو كَانَ بِالشَّامِ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ خَبَرَ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ أَقْبَلَ يُرِيْدُهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ أَهْلُ مَيْفَعَةٍ بِالشَّامِ (٢) . وَرَوَى الوَاقِدِيُّ: أَنّه مَاتَ فَدُفِنَ بِأَصْلِ حِرَاءٍ، وَقَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: قُتِلَ بِبِلاَدِ لَخْمٍ. عَبْدُ العَزِيْزِ (٣) بنُ المُخْتَارِ: أَنْبَأَنَا مُوْسَى بنُ عُقْبَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ: سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بنَ عَمْرٍو أَسْفَلَ بَلْدَحَ قَبْلَ الوَحْي، فَقَدَّمَ إِلَى زَيْدٍ سُفْرَةً فِيْهَا لَحْمٌ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ وَقَالَ: لاَ آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُوْنَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ، أَنَا لاَ آكُلُ إِلاَّ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ. أَخْرَجَهُ: البُخَارِيُّ، وَزَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ: وَكَانَ يَعِيْبُ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ، وَيَقُوْلُ: الشَّاةُ خَلَقَهَا اللهُ، وَأَنْزَلَ لَهَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَأَنْبَتَ لَهَا مِنَ الأَرْضِ، ثُمَّ تَذْبَحُوْنَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ اسْمِ اللهِ (٤) ؟ أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، وَغَيْرُهُ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَيَحْيَى بنِ

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